Anil Deshmukh, former Maha minister, in hospital as CBI reaches jail for custody

According to prison sources, former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh had suffered a shoulder dislocation.

Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday was admitted to the orthopedic department of the state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai, hours after a team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached Arthur Road jail to take his custody in a money laundering case.

File photo of former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh.

According to prison sources, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader had suffered a shoulder dislocation.

Dr Pallavi Saple, the dean of JJ Hospital said, “Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh is admitted in orthopedic department of the state-run hospital and doctors are examining him. Further course of action will be clear by the evening”.

Earlier in the day, prison authorities said paperwork was underway for the handover of Deshmukh, his personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde to the CBI.

Another team of the federal agency was at Taloja jail to take custody of dismissed Mumbai police officer Sachin Vaze in connection with the same money laundering case.

On Friday, two special courts had granted CBI the custody of Deshmukh, his aides and Waze for investigation in the corruption case registered against them.

Deshmukh, Palande and Shinde were currently in judicial custody in the money laundering case that was being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The CBI had sought their custody for further probe.

Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh had alleged that Deshmukh, then home minister, had given a target to police officers to collect ₹100 crore per month from restaurants and bars in the city. Deshmukh denied the allegations but stepped down from his post after the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to register a case against him.

The Supreme Court has rejected the Maharashtra government’s request for a court-monitored probe into the corruption case against Deshmukh, stating that the probe by the CBI would continue.

(With inputs from Mumbai bureau)